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Actually that would have been me (For starters in any case, there were some others who posted. I think the thread found it's way into the bin after a period of inactivity so I would not bother looking for it)
I am pretty tied up for the next weekend or two but might be able to find a night (A Saturday night would be best) to meet some people somewhere to have a bit of an observing session. I have a 9.25 Celestron and a handful of eyepieces ranging from the standard 40mm Celestron that came with it to a couple of Televue Plossl's and an 11mm Nagler.
My only comment on location would be that realistically, the further from the city you can get the better it would end up. There has to be somewhere handy to set up, some park somewhere outside the city itself. 25km or so from Preston would put you out somewhere near Mernda to the north, but you would want to get away from the main roads or you just end up being constantly swept by headlights (A problem at my place as we live on the outside of a bend so cars sweep the place right from side to side with their headlights as they go around it, very frustrating as even late at night there is a fair bit of traffic!)
At the minute dew is an issue for me as the budget has not stretched to a dew heater system so the warmer the weather the less chance of problems.
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